Episode Report Card Kim: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Taken
By Kim | Season 3 | Episode 16 | Aired on 03.20.2004
Dixon and Jack walk out of the room. Dixon hits his mark and spins around. That was weird and ultra-fake-looking. Dixon says that, based on Marshall's intel, he has authority right now to "go tactical" and attempt a rescue. Jack says that Dixon could also continue the negotiations. Dixon wants an honest assessment of his options. Jack reminds Dixon that, previously, the Covenant killed a hostage as a negotiations tactic, and they might kill one of Dixon's children to get their demands met. Dixon asks what happens if they give in to the Covenant's demands. Jack says there's still no guarantee that the children won't be harmed. Dixon realizes that a rescue attempt is equally risky. Dixon thinks it over, and then orders Jack to prepare the tactical option. It's a nice contrast between how Senator Reed and Jack handled essentially the same situation. Senator Reed was all bluster and spin. Jack was forthright, but kind.
Nogales push-through. Syd and Dixon are at the warehouse, disabling the security system with Marshall's help via radio. Vaughn and Weiss have cleared the perimeter. Back at the Oops Center, Marshall looks through various camera feeds from inside the warehouse, and finds one with Dixon's children on it. He gives Dixon the exact location, and everyone hotfoots it into the warehouse. Once they are all inside, Marshall tells Dixon to try the first door on his right. Dixon kicks it in, but the room is empty. Marshall is confused. Syd and Dixon keep scanning the hallways, while Weiss and Vaughn do the same in another part of the warehouse. Weiss hears a beeping noise and shines his flashlight up to reveal an explosive device and timer attached to the ceiling. There is just over a minute left on the clock. Marshall starts checking it out. Syd and Dixon come upon another explosive. Marshall asks for a description, and Syd tells him that it has a wireless receiver. Marshall realizes that the bomb is networked, and there are six other charges. He orders everyone to evacuate the warehouse immediately. Syd passes this along to Dixon, who agrees with Marshall's assessment, except Dixon adds that he's going to stay there and try to find his kids.
Weiss and Vaughn book it on out of there while Dixon takes off down the hallway screaming his children's names, totally running on emotion. Syd follows him. Marshall watches some more footage and realizes that the tape of the children is on a loop, and that the whole thing is a trap. Syd relays this information to Dixon, who is beyond hearing reason right now. Syd gets right up in Dixon's grill and tells him that he'll die if he stays there, and his children need him to find them. Dixon looks completely lost and overwhelmed. Cut to the four agents running out of the warehouse just before it explodes. Dixon has a semi-hilarious screaming face going on. It was a little over-the-top, is all I'm saying, mostly because they showed it in slow motion. Dixon stares sadly back at the warehouse as the explosions continue, until Syd pulls him away.